فَأَشارَ لي ذاكَ الرَشا مُتَبَسِّما

حاشايَ اِن أَصمى المُحِب المُغرَما

Then with a smile the head that was wind-blown beckoned me

Nay, deafen not the ears of a lover distraught

اِنّي وَجَدتُكَ بِالجَمالِ متيما

وَأَنا بِوُدِّكَ صادِق وَزَعيم

Indeed in you I found beauty that made me yearn

While for your love I am true and a leader